The main reason I'm not getting much done. Me at SCCA Solo National Championships in Topeka Sept 16th finishing the West course. I am co-driving in G Stock. Likely next year also. I hope to have my Seven on track by season start 2010.

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_________________Building a whole car from scratch is a 1,000 little tasks, done 1 task at a time, while thinking 10 tasks ahead, then redoing it anyway.

Planning to start with stock sized brakes also. Just need good pads. Also planning 13x10 Diamond wheels with about 6" backspace. Should fit over stock brakes front and rear and clear the suspension parts.

I am working on the rear axle right now. Just ground off the old bracketry cleaned and painted it this past weekend. It is a stock Mazda GSL with a LSD and i think a 4:10 ratio. The design is a three link with a panhard bar, simple and well suited for what I need. Stock rear disc brakes will also be retained. Only using good brakes pads and braided steel lines along with a dual master cyl and Wilwood balance bar arrangement. I have the Wilwood pedal assy already. I just need to figure out what size master cylinders to use.

Looking forward to getting more stuff done since the solo season is over for this year.

...mark

_________________Building a whole car from scratch is a 1,000 little tasks, done 1 task at a time, while thinking 10 tasks ahead, then redoing it anyway.

Be careful with the hockey pucks - I used them on a 914 back in the day, and they ended up splitting after a few track days. It may work for you though. I used them in a tranny mount on a tube frame rear with some plates cut to fit the pucks acting as big washers.

I suppose it will be okay for that. If the angles don't cancel during load transitions from deflection in the diff, trans, or engine mounts, the temporary vibration may be pretty bad.

Something else has just occured to me. Are you adding a torque link? With the engine mounts so close together and parallel, the engine and trans will have very little resistance to rocking from side to side without a strong torque link.

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